The uninvited guest comes

The uninvited guest comes

When we are weak, we are strong.   When our eyes close on the world, then somewhere within us the bush          burns.   When we are poor and aware of the inadequacy of our table, it is to that uninvited the guest comes.   R.S. Thomas,  ...
Judas: the first to be forgiven

Judas: the first to be forgiven

In Hell there grew a Judas Tree Where Judas hanged and died Because he could not bear to see His master crucified Our Lord descended into Hell And found his Judas there For ever hanging on the tree Grown from his own despair So Jesus cut his Judas down And took him in...
Remember

Remember

Do not face us, O living God, with the future of a world without justice or a future without mercy; in your mercy, establish justice, and, in your justice, remember your overflowing mercy in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen   Michael Vasey (1946-98).    ...
Give me simplicity

Give me simplicity

A wreathed garland of deserved praise, Of praise, deserved unto thee I give, I give to thee, who knowest all my ways, My crooked winding ways, wherein I live, Wherein I die, not live; for life is straight, Straight as a line, and ever tends to thee, To thee, who art...
Thank you, Lord

Thank you, Lord

… if all the world Should in a pet of temperance feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream and nothing wear but freize, The all-giver would be unthanked, would be unpraised, Not half his riches known, and yet despised; And we should serve him as a grudging master, As a...